No I didn't raise this in the interview, surely if I did I wouldn't be posting in this forum today. Nor could I have guessed that a self proclaimed Hong Kong airline would give such a wide pay disparity between its local pilots vs its expat pilots.
I know that this is what I've signed for, and thus, as many has pointed out in this thread, what I'm only entitled to get. My only conclusion to that is, if this is the case, we should all never ask for better conditions because we all signed a contract when we joined. Its ironic how some of my fellow colleagues keep remaining me what I signed for years ago when in a few years time the company will change the very wording of that contract at its whim - again and again...